茶水间里两杯挂耳并排放着，一杯是同事从家里带来的，一杯是公司茶水柜里的，冲法一样，喝起来像两种饮料。家里那杯有香气，柜子里那杯只有苦。差别在柜子里那一盒选的风味方向，跟这个人平时的口味不搭。我让他把两 [more…]

滤杯里的液体泛着浅琥珀色，闻起来只有一股闷闷的稻草气。我对着水槽发了会儿呆，明明步骤都对了，怎么就是一杯带颜色的水。后来才摸清，家里那台烧水壶降温太快，磨豆机刻度又偏粗，水哗啦哗啦漏下去，粉还没醒透就 [more…]

酒店房间里只有一只玻璃杯，我把豆子倒进随身带的滤袋，冷水一冲，拧紧盖子放进小冰箱。第二天拉开窗帘，倒出来一杯深色的液体，坐在床边慢慢喝完，那是我在陌生城市里给自己留的一点熟悉。前街小番茄放在箱子很上层 [more…]

杯子里的热气散了，我才尝出这口美式哪里不对。浓缩明明出了油脂，兑了热水却像被稀释的隔夜茶，香气从杯口飘走，嘴里只剩寡淡。我盯着厨房台面上那台用了几年的机器，忽然意识到问题不在萃取，而在兑水这一步。前街 [more…]

Nicaragua, with its fertile volcanic soil and continuously improving transportation infrastructure, is gradually emerging from the shadow of war and natural disasters to become a coffee-producing country worth watching in Central America. This article traces the country's coffee industry through its tortuous history from the 19th-century boom to its 21st-century revival, provides a detailed introduction to its grading system and the distribution of its four major producing regions, and, using the sun-dried Red Catuai from Finca La Divina Providencia in Nueva Segovia selected by Front Street Coffee as an example, presents the complete parameters from roasting and bean resting to a three-stage pour-over. Finally, it summarizes the complex flavor profile of this bean, in which berries, caramel, and grapefruit interweave. [more…]